The results in this week's primaries continue to contradict the claim that the Democrats are now seeing a shift to the left comparable to the shift to the right of the Republican Party.
In the gubernatorial race in Michigan, the more centrist Democrat Gretchen Whitmer handily defeated Abdul El-Sayed, who was backed by Bernie Sanders, and will now face the Trump-endorsed Republican Bill Schuette. A moderate, Laura Kelly, also prevailed in the Democratic nomination for governor in Kansas and may have a shot at winning the general election if another Trump-endorsed candidate, the right-wing fire-eater Kris Kobach, hangs on to his slim lead in the Republican primary.
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